Final call today for registration for the Maynooth Conference in the History of Mathematics.

July 16, 2019

Registration for the Conference (on August 1st and 2nd) has been extended to Tuesday the 16th of July at 5pm GMT, and you can register through the conference website here

registration is free but compulsory.
Thanks to funding from the British Society for the History of Mathematics, the Irish Mathematical Society, Maynooth University and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Maynooth University.
The conference schedule, and titles and abstracts for all but one talk are available from the conference website.

Reminder: CFP History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HSTM) Network Ireland Annual Conference 2019

July 1, 2019

Note: The CFP closes on July 10th.

HSTM Annual Conference at Ulster University (Belfast campus), 18-20 October 2019

For its upcoming conference, the HSTM Network invites proposals on any topics in the history of science, technology and medicine. Topics do not necessarily have to relate to Ireland. Paper submissions should include a 250-word abstract including five key words and mention the name and affiliation (unless independent) of the speaker. Individual presentations should be no more than 20 minutes, with 10 minutes afterwards for questions. Panel submissions should include three papers (each with a 250-word abstract including five key words), a chair if possible, and a 100-word panel abstract. In both cases, please have ‘Abstract 2019 conference’ as your email subject. Confirmation of acceptance should be within a month following the closing date.

Contact: Hstmconference2019@gmail.com

Further details available here: hstm call for papers 2019

 

Invitation to view “WOMEN ON WALLS”

July 1, 2019

The History of Medicine Section of RAMI invite you to attend “Women on Walls” on Wednesday 3rd July 2019

Free Admission

This is an invitation to ALL RAMI Sections not just History of Medicine.  The meeting has been kindly organised by Ms. Mary O’Doherty (Assistant Librarian, Special Collections, RCSI Heritage Collections) who has been a loyal and true member of the History of Medicine Section for many years. 

Time: 17.00 – 19.00 in the Board Room of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2

The event will commence at 17.00 with a brief account of the newly commissioned portraits of eight medical women, followed by shared reminiscences among those attending of the women they knew.

Please register here

Reminder & Update: CFP History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HSTM) Network Ireland Annual Conference 2019

May 28, 2019

Note: The closing date for receipt of proposals for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HSTM) Network Ireland Annual Conference 2019 has been extended to July 10th 2019.

Further details are available here hstm call for papers 2019 (1)

 

The Faculty of Public Health Medicine/RAMI Medical History Section Joint Lecture.

May 28, 2019

Plagues and Imperialism: the Birth of Clinical Trials in Late 19th Century India

by George Davey Smith MD, DSc, FRCP, FRS Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Bristol.

6.30pm Wednesday 5th June 2019 at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

Further details available here: RAMIFlyerDaveySmith_5th June 2019 (1)

CFP History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HSTM) Network Ireland Annual Conference 2019

May 23, 2019

Ulster University (Belfast campus), 18-20 October 2019

For its upcoming conference, the HSTM Network invites proposals on any topics in the history of science, technology and medicine. Topics do not necessarily have to relate to Ireland. Paper submissions should include a 250-word abstract including five key words and mention the name and affiliation (unless independent) of the speaker. Individual presentations should be no more than 20 minutes, with 10 minutes afterwards for questions. Panel submissions should include three papers (each with a 250-word abstract including five key words), a chair if possible, and a 100-word panel abstract. In both cases, please have ‘Abstract 2019 conference’ as your email subject. Confirmation of acceptance should be within a month following the closing date.

Call closing date: 3rd June 2019

Contact: Hstmconference2019@gmail.com

Further details available here:  hstm call for papers 2019

Irish History of Mathematics Conference (IHoM5)

April 30, 2019

Maynooth University will host a two day conference on the History of Mathematics on the 1st and 2nd of August 2019. It is being held jointly under the auspices of Irish History of Mathematics (IHoM) and the British Society for the History of Mathematics.

Day one will feature invited speakers on specific texts and topics from the Russell Library collection. Day two will allow for a mix of longer and shorter talks, similar to previous IHoM conferences.

Conference registration and the call for the submission of proposed titles and abstracts for day two are now open. Titles and abstracts of no more than 200 words should be submitted by the 10th of May, and conference registration closes on the 12th of July. For those interested in booking accommodation, some reduced rates are available and can be booked now.

Full details are available on the conference webpage (click here)